Wick rotation
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Gian-Carlo Wick.
Noun edit
Wick rotation (countable and uncountable, plural Wick rotations)
- (mathematics) A method of finding a solution to a mathematical problem in Minkowski space from a solution to a related problem in Euclidean space by means of a transformation that substitutes an imaginary-number variable for a real-number variable.